USSEnterprise

Hi everyone,

We are new to this forum and need some help.

We are a family of four (my wife and our two children, ages 16 and 19) and we are travelling to Portugal in early August for nine days (eleven including travel days). We like all a southern European vacation has to offer, from food to museums and from beach time to walks through medieval villages.

We want to spend the nine full days in the Lisbon area so we do not have to spend time checking in and out of different hotels. We would like to spend time at beautiful beaches, see Lisbon, Sintra and visit Evora, among other sightseeing.

Should we stay in or outside Lisbon? If outside, which town should we stay in to make it easier to visit the places we want to see?

Another option we were thinking about was to spend a few days in Lisbon and the rest in another town outside the city.

As well, any other day trips we should consider? Should we consider a day trip to Porto?

Thank you very much for any help you can offer.

Michael

tower

Including Porto would be a stretch, IMO.

Enterprize
https://picasaweb.google.com/stuarttower/Portugal once again
I invoke my modus operandi..a picture is worth a 1000 words/ Look these over and they might hold some ideas for your nine days. Anchors away, Cdr.
stu

thursdaysd

Can't help with beaches, and the Algarve will probably be packed in August. You might try one of the Atlantic beaches, or split your stay between Lisbon and Cascais orEstoril.

Forget Porto as a day trip, too far. Evora is doable, so is Obidos.

Make SURE you have AC.

For things to do in Lisbon see:

http://www.fodors.com/community/euro...ing-lisbon.cfm

msvoyage

comment aimed at: tower on May 10, 16 at 1:44pm
Including Porto would be a stretch, IMO.

Enterprize
https://picasaweb.google.com/stuarttower/Portugal once again
I invoke my modus operandi..a picture is worth a 1000 words/ Look these over and they might hold some ideas for your nine days. Anchors away, Cdr.
stu

Hello, "Commander Stu"
Were all your photographs, which are excellent, by the way, taken in Lisbon or all over Portugal? I'm driving myself crazy trying to form a 12.5 day itinerary which can hopefully include Porto apart from Lisbon. I'll post on a new thread since this is supposed to comment on an existing question only. Thanks!

tower

ms

photos are over a big central chunk of Portugal. All photos are labelled so you can tell where they were taken. Stick with Lisbon and some day trips.... skipping Porto.